Opinion: Trump and Greene invite a horrific history to repeat itself
By Opinion by Michael D'Antonio
In excerpts from the upcoming book, "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost," Michael C. Bender alleges that Donald Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, recounted a grotesque episode he said took place during a 2018 presidential visit to Europe. According to Kelly, Trump interrupted a discussion of Nazi atrocities to say, "Well, Hitler did a lot of good things." Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general--whose son, also a US Marine, died in combat, argued with his boss.
Bender describes Kelly giving the former president a rapid history lesson and, per The Guardian's reporting, an "undeterred" Trump noting Germany's economic gains under Hitler. Kelly is said to have responded, "The German people would have been better off poor than subjected to the Nazi genocide," adding, "You cannot ever say anything supportive of Adolf Hitler. You just can't."
In predictable fashion, Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington told CNN this never happened, "This is totally false. President Trump never said this. It is made up fake news, probably by a general who was incompetent and was fired." Who do you believe here: the ex-president who regularly cozied up to White supremacists and dictators or the retired Marine Corps general? And next question: Why does this matter now?
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Thursday, July 8th 2021 at 8:10AM
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